From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: drkm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: PCL-CVS and SSH Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:26:05 +0200 Organization: -= Belgacom Usenet Service =- Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1099060069 1054 80.91.229.6 (29 Oct 2004 14:27:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 29 16:27:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CNXjC-0006hY-00 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:27:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CNXr3-0007Kk-I7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:35:49 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news2.telebyte.nl!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!skynet.be!newspost001!tjb!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AlII0BAjN+TF+iqV07kn7v0PI28= Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 0ed2fcdf.news.skynet.be Original-X-Trace: 1099059760 news.skynet.be 30710 81.242.218.133:2759 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@skynet.be Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126203 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21584 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21584 Stefan Monnier writes: >> >> You have to arrange things such that running cvs happens without >> >> asking you for a password. Typically this involves setting up >> >> an ssh-agent. >> > There is no way to make PCL-CVS asks me for a password, or tell it >> > this via some variable ? >> Not in a terminal, I guess. Running under X it pops up an x11 dialog >> asking for the password here. > Indeed, the only way is to get SSH to pop a dialog box. > But using an ssh-agent is a lot more convenient. So, if I understand, what describes Jochen is done by SSH, not by PCL-CVS. Right ? If it is, there is some easy way to make PCL-CVS asks itself for the password ? If you describe where the modifications are to be done, I can try to do something. --drkm